[Coco] Strings in DECB

[Arthur Flexser]

An OS error refers to there being not enough string space (as Tim notes,
use the CLEAR command to reserve more string space.)  A string being too
long gives rise to an LS error.  The maximum length should be 255 bytes.

Art

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 10:01 PM, Theodore (Alex) Evans <
alxevans at concentric.net> wrote:

> I was talking with a friend.  We had a disagreement about the maximum
> length of strings under DECB. He claimed it was 128 and I believe d it was
> 255. So I did some testing. The results were puzzling. I created a string
> and began extending it. Any attempt to extend a string of 100 characters or
> more (even with an empty string "") results in an OS error as does any
> attempt to extend a string past 100 characters, but I can define and use a
> string up to 255 characters in length.
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